Madhu Kinnar

Madhu Kinnar was Mayor of Chhattisgarh, India from 4 January 2015. She was the first hijra to serve as a mayor in the country.

Biography
Naresh Chauhan was born in Raigarh, India to a dalit family, and he had an eighth-grade education. As a teenager, he decided that his true gender was female, and she took on the name "Madhu Kinnar" and hauled lumber, begged, and sang. Since she came from a poor family, she was accepted by her parents, and she lived a restive life before running for Mayor in 2014. She ran as an independent, and, on 4 January 2015, she became the first hijra mayor in India. The Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party members staged a walkout of the city council in protest against her election, but she swore to improve the quality of life in the city.